# US 11,130,151 B2 · System and method for coating a body > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,130,151 B2 - Document ID: US11130151B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/164,983 - Filed: 2018-10-19 - Published: 2019-05-02 - Granted: 2021-09-28 - Earliest claimed: 2017-10-26 - Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Philip Maertens - Inventors: Philip Maertens - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11130151B2 ## CPC - B05D 1/18: performed by dipping - B05C 3/10: the articles being moved through the liquid or other fluent material (conveying articles through baths B65G, e.g. B65G49/02) - B05C 11/11: Vats or other containers for liquids or other fluent materials - G05B 19/40937: {concerning programming of machining or material parameters, pocket machining} - G06F 30/20: Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30) - G05B 2219/49056: Control of flow of fluid or temperature as function of speed for uniform coating - B05D: PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (conveying articles or workpieces through baths of liquid B65G, e.g. B65G49/02) - B05C: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus, atomising apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B5/08) - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract At least a part of at least one body is coated. At least one processor determines a respective resulting coating layer based on simulating moving the respective body at least partially through a coating fluid of a dipping bath along different trajectories. The at least one processor determines a first trajectory out of the different simulated trajectories fulfilling one or more pre-defined conditions and causes at least one drive component for moving the respective body to move the respective body at least partially through the coating fluid of the dipping bath along the first trajectory. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for coating at least a part of at least one body, the method comprising: determining, by a processor, a respective resulting coating layer based on simulation of moving a respective body at least partially through a coating fluid of a dipping bath along different trajectories; determining, by the processor, a first trajectory out of the different simulated trajectories fulfilling one or more pre-defined conditions; and causing at least one drive component for moving the respective body to move the respective body at least partially through the coating fluid of the dipping bath along the first trajectory. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more pre-defined conditions include at least one of minimum requirements of the resulting coating layer, a maximum deformation of the respective body, a maximum time duration, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: determining, by the processor, the respective coating layer using the following input parameters: characteristics of the respective body, characteristics of the coating fluid, and characteristics of the dipping bath. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the characteristics of the respective body comprise at least one of geometry, stiffness, dimensions, material, surface structure, temperature, electric potential, electric conductivity, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the characteristics of the coating fluid comprise at least one of material, density, temperature, viscosity, surface tension, electric potential, electric conductivity, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the characteristics of the dipping bath comprise at least one of geometry, dimensions, filling height of the coating fluid, information related to generated volumetric flow rate of the coating fluid, information related to heating or cooling, electric potential, electric power, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein at least some of the characteristics of the respective body, the coating fluid and/or the dipping bath are provided to the processor using at least one of a product lifecycle management (PLM) system, an engineering system, a manufacturing operation management (MOM) system, at least one sensor for sensing at least some of the characteristics, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: performing at least the acts of determining a respective resulting coating layer, determining the first trajectory, and causing the at least one drive component to move the respective body on-line and/or in real-time. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first trajectory comprises at least one of position, velocity, acceleration, tilt angle, tilt angular velocity, tilt angular acceleration, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: determining control instructions for the at least one drive component to control the at least one drive component such that the at least one drive component moves the respective body at least partially through the coating fluid of the dipping bath along the first trajectory. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: performing at least the acts of determining a respective resulting coating layer, determining the first trajectory, and causing the at least one drive component to move the respective body such that the respective body and a directly following second body are moved through the coating fluid of the dipping bath along the first trajectory and a second trajectory, respectively.